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1. According to Herman Goldstein, traditional policing is: Incident driven
2. According to researcher James Q. Wilson, most police officers feel that the
public: does not like or support them.
3. According to the retroactive model, the investigation of almost all felonies
and some misdemeanors was the sole responsibility of the detective
division.
4. An example of a very early attempt at community policing involving the
experiences of the development of decentralized neighborhood-based
precincts that served as storefront police stations was tried in what city?
Houston
5. Analyzing crime issues to determine the underlying problems and
addressing those underlying problems is referred to as: Problem solving
policing
6. By 1999, what percent of the United States population was served by
community policing? 21%
7. Crime Stoppers originated in: Albuquerque, New Mexico
8. David L. Carter of Michigan State University explains that community
policing: did not suddenly materialize as a new idea; rather, it evolved from
researched conducted by a wide range of scholars and police research
organizations. Beginning primarily in the early 1970s, a great deal of
research was conducted on police patrol.
9. Dressing as and playing the role of a potential crime victim is known as:
decoy
10. During what decade was the efficiency of foot patrols challenged? 1960s
11. Everything we do with, for, and to each other as citizens and human beings
is the definition of: Human relations
12. In a case enhancement program: debrief suspects to obtain further

information, assist arresting officers in preparing a case for court,

engage in liaison w/ district attorney
13. In an experiment, the group that is not acted upon, and where nothing is
changed, is called: control group
14. In the yearly survey of the American public conducted by the National
Institute of Justice regarding the publics opinion of the job their police do
regarding crime, the majority answered that their police:
15. In Broken Windows and Police Discretion, Wilson and Kelling note that
the community policing model expands the use of police discretion among
officers at all levels of the organization.
16. It has now been discovered that most of what O. W. Wilson taught about
police patrol was: wrong since he based his writings on faulty assumptions
17. Many believe that modern community policing began with James Q.
Wilsons and George Kellings article Broken Windows: The Police and
Neighborhood Safety.
18. Most departments utilize: fleet vehicles
19. Nationally, police are only able to clear 16.5% of all property crimes
reported to them:
20. Officers practicing incident-driven policing: tend to respond to similar
incidences at the same location numerous times.
21. Prior to the Rand Study, it was common for police departments to have
policies and procedures in place that emphasized: the retroactive
investigation of past crimes by detectives
22. Problem-solving policing can be attributed to: Herman Goldstein

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23. Programs concentrating investigative resources on career criminals are
called: repeat offender programs
24. The 2005 Uniform Crime Report indicates that, nationally, violent crime was
up/increased compared with the 2004 figures.
25. The almost official police practice of obtaining confessions by use of
brutality and violence. Third degree
26. The Houston Police Department, faced with a spiraling crime rate,
implemented a form of split-force patrol called: High Intensity Patrol (HIT)
27. The Law Enforcement Explorer program involves young men and women,
ages 14-20 years old.
28. The National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and
Goals recommended that detectives should only be assigned to preliminary
investigations of: very serious crimes requiring complex investigations
29. The number of arrests made by police in the United States each year is: 13
million
30. The Police Community Relations Movement REF: pCR) developed out of
the: turmoil of the 1960s
31. The Rand Study was called the criminal investigation process.
32. The real responsibility for proper police community relations rests with
every police officer.
33. The recent measurable trend of police departments employing full-time
community policing officers:
th

34. The Supreme Court ruled in Burdeau v. McDowell that 4 amendment

applies only to the actions of government agents and does not apply to
private citizens or security employees.
35. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a warrantless search of a vehicle is
valid if the police have probable cause to believe that the car contains
evidence that they are seeking. This decision is known as: Carroll Doctrine
36. The use of analytical methods to obtain pertinent information on crime
patterns and trends that can then be disseminated to officers on the street
is called compstat.
37. This case allowed searches during field interrogations, also known as pat
downs. Terry v. Ohio
38. This case established the exclusionary rule in federal courts. Weeks v.
United States
39. This national survey is based on a random survey of American homes.
National Crime Victimization Survey
40. This national survey is based on reports made to the police from crime
victims. Uniform Crime Reports
41. What departments would benefit most from differential response? Patrol
officers
42. What was the role of the New York City Police Departments Community
Patrol Officer Program? Identification of neighborhood problems and
development of short- and long-term
43. Which of the following is a police program dealing with children? Juvenile
court
44. Which of the following is not one of the parts of the problem-oriented police
strategy? http://www.popcenter.org/learning/60steps/
45. Which of the following is not part of the problem-oriented policing strategy?
46. Which of the following provides the most expectation of privacy?

Residence or hotel, public places which have been specifically

provided by business or the public sector to ensure privacy. Ex:

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restrooms, phone booth
47. Which of the following was not one of the beats established in the Kansas
City Study? Variable testing groups
48. Who coined the term omnipresence? O.W. Wilson
49. Who founded the National Center for Community Policing in East Lansing,
Michigan? Robert C. Trojanowicz
50. Who is the author of the classic Varieties of Police Behavior: The
Management of Law and Order in Eight Communities? James Q Wilson
51.